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Rizzo to Get Nats' GM Job After All

If nothing else, the Nationals have been good for plenty of headlines over the past few days. Not all of them accurate, though.The latest have acting GM Mike Rizzo being picked to keep the job indefinitely, with an announcement coming as soon as Thursday. This news broke late Wednesday, just about 24 hours after a report...

Nationals GM Job May Still Be Undecided

A major league source tells FanHouse "not so fast" on Jerry DiPoto becoming the Nationals' next general manager, as has been reported.According to the source, acting GM Mike Rizzo -- who has been running the team since Jim Bowden resigned under fire during spring training -- did an impressive enough job in the negotiations...

Nationals Select Strasburg No. 1 Overall

WASHINGTON – To the surprise of absolutely no one, the Washington Nationals selected San Diego State pitcher Stephen Strasburg with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 MLB Draft."We are thrilled to select someone with the special talents Stephen possesses," acting Washington general manager Mike Rizzo said in a...

The Dugout: Playing Out the String

As Ed Price reported Wednesday morning, the Nationals have designated pitcher Daniel Cabrera for assignment.Cabrera's career 5.09 ERA was just barely good enough to cling to a big-league roster for five seasons, but evidently not good enough to hold on for any longer. His moments of brilliance -- and he had a few -- were...

Starting Five: There Is No More O in Ortiz

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what is ahead.You Oughta Know ...That David Ortiz pulled within one homer of Yovanni Gallardo on the MLB leaderboard. Yes, Big Papi finally hit a home run. It took him 149 at-bats to get his first homer of the season, while 318 other...

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Cole Hamels Ripped By Nats GM Mike Rizzo For Hitting Bryce Harper Intentionally (VIDEO)

Shortly after his dominant win over Washington in Nationals Park, Phillies star Cole Hamels admitted to intentionally plunking 19-year-old phenom Bryce Harper in the first inning.

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05/10/12 Talking Points: MLB rules Rizzo foul and out of play Source: The Columbian - Vancouver WA You can't call someone chicken poop.
05/09/12 Atlanta Braves vs. Washington Nationals: Who Wins... Source: Bleacher Report When Bradford Doolittle of Baseball Prospectus recently asked Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo why they were using a 160-innings limit for Stephen Strasburg instead of a total number of pitches or some other metric to count high-stress innings, the response was surprising.
05/09/12 Rumblings: Breakin' The Law Source: Philebrity. >>>The judge in the federal duck boat case has paused the trail on day two.
05/08/12 Around the Nation: Indians OF Sizemore aiming for June... Source: Record-Courier - Ravenna OH Cleveland Indians outfielder Grady Sizemore is hoping to rejoin the team in June. The three-time All-Star is on the disabled list for the seventh time in four years.
05/08/12 Without Jayson Werth, the Nationals will rely on... Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC (Rob Carr - GETTY IMAGES) The Nationals plan to weather their latest and perhaps most devastating injury without looking outside their organization for help.